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Oct 2020
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314 - Ghosts in Your Bedroom?—It's Proba...

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Sleep paralysis is a freaky phenomenon that has inspired ghost stories and alien abduction conspiracies. Fortunately, there's a scientific explanation for why it happens, and also ways to prevent it.

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